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From: hitz@auspex.auspex.com (Dave Hitz)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: What terms should an editor support?
Keywords: wyse televideo tvi vt100
Message-ID: <4241@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 3 Nov 90 23:16:42 GMT
References: <2908@unccvax.uncc.edu>
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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In article <2908@unccvax.uncc.edu> cs00jec@unccvax.uncc.edu (Jim Cain v2.0.1) writes:
> I am writing a screen editor as a senior project (please no evangilizations
> on vi/emacs/etc). What terminals should it support, just in case I don't
> use standard termcaps and instead write my own? (I will most likely use
> curses etc but just in case)

The file /etc/termcap contains a list of terminals your editor should
support.

Consider this an argument in favor of using termcap(3) or curses(3).

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